TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing prospective memory in older age
T2 - the relationship between self-report and performance on clinic-based and naturalistic tasks
AU - Gryffydd, Lei
AU - Mitra, Biswadev
AU - Wright, Bradley J.
AU - Kinsella, Glynda J.
PY - 2022/1/2
Y1 - 2022/1/2
N2 - This investigation assessed the relationship between subjective self-reports and objective measures of prospective memory with forty-eight healthy, community-dwelling older-adults (> 65 years). The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire provided the self-report data, the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test was used as a clinic-based test, and the Telephone Task (telephoning the examiner at irregular, pre-scheduled times across one week) was used as a naturalistic measure. The self-reported difficulties were negatively associated with performance on the naturalistic task, r (41) = -0.341, p = <0.05, but not the clinic-based task. Performance tasks (clinic-based and naturalistic) were moderately associated, r (41) = 0.312, p = <0.05. Tests of retrospective memory (delayed recall) and executive function (attention set-shifting) did not individually predict performance on any of the prospective memory measures. Incorporating naturalistic probes of prospective memory performance into a clinical assessment may allow insight into the experience of prospective memory challenges in older-age clients.
AB - This investigation assessed the relationship between subjective self-reports and objective measures of prospective memory with forty-eight healthy, community-dwelling older-adults (> 65 years). The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire provided the self-report data, the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test was used as a clinic-based test, and the Telephone Task (telephoning the examiner at irregular, pre-scheduled times across one week) was used as a naturalistic measure. The self-reported difficulties were negatively associated with performance on the naturalistic task, r (41) = -0.341, p = <0.05, but not the clinic-based task. Performance tasks (clinic-based and naturalistic) were moderately associated, r (41) = 0.312, p = <0.05. Tests of retrospective memory (delayed recall) and executive function (attention set-shifting) did not individually predict performance on any of the prospective memory measures. Incorporating naturalistic probes of prospective memory performance into a clinical assessment may allow insight into the experience of prospective memory challenges in older-age clients.
KW - naturalistic assessment
KW - neuropsychology assessment
KW - older adults
KW - Prospective memory
KW - subjective memory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097174677&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13825585.2020.1857327
DO - 10.1080/13825585.2020.1857327
M3 - Article
C2 - 33280481
AN - SCOPUS:85097174677
SN - 1382-5585
VL - 29
SP - 104
EP - 120
JO - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
JF - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
IS - 1
ER -